National Sports

By AP CENTURION, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s top-order stumbled against Pakistan’s pace attack as the first cricket test headed towards an exciting finish after Marco Jansen’s six-wicket haul had set the home team a tricky 148-run target on Saturday. South Africa, needing a win in one of the two matches against Pakistan to

By AP BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox announced Saturday that they signed right-hander Walker Buehler, a two-time All-Star who was on the mound when the Los Angeles Dodgers clinched the World Series this fall, to a one-year deal. Buehler, 30, went 1-6 with a 5.38 ERA in the 2024 regular season after missing

By DANIELLA MATAR – AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — French skier Cyprien Sarrazin was awake and in stable condition on Saturday, a day after surgery on a head injury sustained in a crash during training for a World Cup downhill. Sarrazin, who won the downhill on Bormio’s fearsome Stelvio course last year, was one

By STEVE REED – AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Chuba Hubbard’s season is over. The Panthers placed their leading rusher on injured reserve Saturday with a strained calf. Hubbard was limited in practice on Friday with a knee injury and was listed as questionable to play Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. After

By JOSH DUBOW – AP Pro Football Writer Two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning, former Defensive Players of the Year Luke Kuechly and Terrell Suggs, and prolific tight end Antonio Gates are among the finalists for the 2025 Pro Football Hall of Fame class. The Hall on Saturday announced the names of the 15 modern-era

By JIM VERTUNO – AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Scan the rosters of Texas and Arizona State ahead of the Peach Bowl and the usual names pop out. Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers and Thorpe Award winner Jahdae Barron. Arizona State All-American running back Cam Skattebo. Another Longhorn who draws a lot of attention

By AP SEMMERING, Austria (AP) — Federica Brignone held on to her opening-run lead at a women’s World Cup giant slalom on Saturday, becoming the first Italian winner of the Semmering event in 22 years. Brignone could even afford a mistake near the end of her second run as she defeated Olympic GS champion Sara

By AP BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Just days away from his return to tennis at the Brisbane International, Nick Kyrgios hasn’t minced his words in referring to doping-related charges against Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek, labelling breaches of the sport’s anti-doping program as “disgusting for our sport.” The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) levelled charges

By STEPHEN HAWKINS – AP Baseball Writer Teoscar Hernández is headed back to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The free agent outfielder has agreed with the reigning World Series champions on a $66 million, three-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press late Friday night. The person spoke to the AP on

By GIDEON RUBIN – Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Brayden McNabb and Jack Eichel scored pivotal short-handed goals just seconds apart in the third period, and Alex Pietrangelo had three assists as the Vegas Golden Knights beat the San Jose Sharks 6-3 on Friday night. Noah Hanifin, Mark Stone, Pavel Dorofeyev and Brett

By The Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Kyle McCord threw for 453 yards and five touchdowns to break Deshaun Watson’s Atlantic Coast Conference season passing record and lead No. 22 Syracuse to a 52-35 victory over depleted-yet-scrappy Washington State in the Holiday Bowl on Friday night. LeQuint Allen rushed for 120 yards and two

By DAVID BRANDT – AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Corbin Burnes and the Arizona Diamondbacks have agreed to a $210 million, six-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press late Friday night. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the deal was pending a successful physical.

By The Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Devils defenseman Luke Hughes had a goal and an assist, Jacob Markstrom made 29 saves and New Jersey defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 on Friday night. Ondrej Palat, Nico Hischier and Dawson Mercer also scored for New Jersey, which has won three straight and six of seven.

By AP DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Tigers signed former New York Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres to a $15 million, one-year contract on Friday. The two-time All-Star gets a slight raise from his $14.2 million salary with the Yankees. His agreement includes a one-time assignment bonus of $500,000. “We were very aggressive to try

By AP SAN DIEGO (AP) — Kyle McCord broke Deshaun Watson’s Atlantic Coast Conference season passing yards record on a 50-yard completion to Darrell Gill Jr. on No. 22 Syracuse’s first play of the second half in a 52-35 Holiday Bowl victory overt Washington State on Friday night. McCord, the national passing leader, came in

By AP OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Eriks Mateiko scored the lone goal of a shootout in the eighth round to give Latvia a 3-2 victory over Canada on Friday night in the world junior hockey championship. Mateiko beat Jack Ivankovic to the blocker side to end the tiebreaker after the first 15 shooters failed to

By BRETT MARTEL – AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ja Morant stood near the end of the Memphis bench, cheering on his teammates but leaving his right arm hanging below his injured shoulder, as Memphis closed out a 132-124 victory over the Pelicans on Friday night. Morant was hurt when he crashed into

By DAVID BRANDT – AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix center Jusuf Nurkic and Dallas forwards Naji Marshall and P.J Washington were ejected following a brief fight between the players during the Mavericks’ 98-89 victory over the Suns on Friday night. Nurkic was called for an offensive foul while being guarded by Daniel Gafford

By CLAY BAILEY – Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Taylen Green threw for 341 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 81 yards in Arkansas’ 39-26 victory over Texas Tech on Friday night in the Liberty Bowl. Green completed 11 of 21 passes and Arkansas (7-6) had 573 yards of total offense. “All the

By JOHN COON – Associated Press SALT LAKE CTIY (AP) — Artturi Lehkonen scored three goals, Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 34 shots and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Utah Hockey Club 4-1 on Friday night. Mikko Rantanen also scored and Nathan MacKinnon had three assists for Colorado, which has won four straight. Blackwood has four wins

By BETH HARRIS – AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Norman Powell scored 24 points and the Los Angeles Clippers held on to beat the slumping Golden State Warriors for the third time this season, 102-92 on Friday night. James Harden added 18 points and seven assists and Ivica Zubac had 17 points and